About five years back I joined a website to help me keep track of my daily calories. I was filling out my profile when I came upon this:
Life Goals: __________________________
I sat for a second, then wrote the first things that came to mind.
Get married, buy a house, raise good, Christian kids, and have my paintings shown in a gallery.
Let's see how I'm doing so far.
Get married... nope.
Buy a house... nope.
Raise good, Christian kids... nope.
Have my paintings shown in a gallery... check.
Presenting my Dallas juried art show debut.
Portfolio Review.

JURORS STATEMENT
The jury was impressed with the sheer volume of artists who submitted work - 84 in total! Of 410 pieces reviewed, only 56 were accepted into the show. Many great works were passed by to accommodate both diversity and quality. Please know all works were reviewed thoroughly and we did the best we could with flat, computer generated versions of your work. The jury discussed each artists work and then we split up the 84 artists amongst ourselves to make individual comments. We have chosen to remain anonymous in our commentary and instead reflect back to you, the artists, the overall message of our opinions. Please keep in mind the jury is diverse and the show ultimately chosen is reflective of the jury and not necessarily Kettle. We didn't always agree amongst ourselves about the work, but did try to communicate the jury's opinion's as a whole in your individual comments. Great work everyone! This show runs through November 28, 2009.
P.S. Those other three life goals can just wait.